Progressive activist groups in New York City are calling on Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to “fight like hell” against any upcoming federal budget legislation backed by President Donald Trump that “jeopardizes healthcare or fuels Trump’s lawlessness.”

The statement from Indivisible, a coalition of left-of-center organizations, comes in the shadow of a looming government shutdown. Bedraggled Democrats and ascendant Republicans are gearing up to pass legislation to fund the government beyond September 30. Barring any action, the federal government will enter a shutdown next month.

Indivisible said that Democratic state senators “surrendered” to Trump back in March during a similar funding fight. They asked that Gillibrand and Schumer “hold the line” after seeing the results of

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